Thailand
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 71.6M (2025). World rank 20 of 216; in Asia, 11 of 49. Area: 513,120 km². World rank 52 of 249; in Asia, 13 of 50. GDP: $577B (2025). World rank 29 of 210; in Asia, 10 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 70.5M → 71.6M, GDP $401.3B → $577B, and GDP per person $5,689 → $8,057.
State
- Official name
- Kingdom of Thailand
- Local name
- ประเทศไทย
- Capital
- Bangkok
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Rama X
- Head of government
- Paetongtarn Shinawatra
- Women in parliament
- 19.6% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 71,619,863 2025
- Area
- 513,120 km²
- GDP
- $577B 2025
- GDP per person
- $8,057 2025
- Life expectancy
- 76.6 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Thai
- Currency
- Thai Baht (THB)
- Time zones
- UTC+7
- Calling code
- +66
- Emergency numbers
- 191, 199, 1669
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- A, B, C, F
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 3,219
- Neighbours
- Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia
- Agricultural land
- 43.3% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Doi Inthanon, 2,565 m
- Lowest point
- Gulf of Thailand, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 287
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 28
- Warmest month in the capital
- April, 31°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- December, 25°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,622 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 139.6 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- -0.1% 2025
- Living in cities
- 62.8% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +27.5K 2025
- Born in another country
- 4.4% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 14.4% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 69.6% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 16% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 81 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 72.3 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.2 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 8.1 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 9 2024
Society
- Religions
- Buddhist 92.5%, Muslim 5.4%, and Christian 1.2% (2021)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 56.6 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 38.1 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 57.7 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 57.6 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 48.2 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $26,250 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +2.4% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $7,690 2025
- Inflation
- -0.1% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 31 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 8.8% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 31.1% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 60.2% 2025
- Unemployment
- 0.8% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 4.5% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 59% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 71.2% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 67.3% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +3% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +3.2% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 2.1% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 15.2% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 33.3 2024
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0% 2024
Education
- Adult literacy
- 91.1% 2022
- Primary school enrolment
- 101% 2025
- Secondary school enrolment
- 92.1% 2025
- Higher education enrolment
- 49.1% 2025
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 2.5% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 4.5% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $327 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 9.9% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.5 2021
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 3.6 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 2.4 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 93% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 7.7 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 9 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 34 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 10.2% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 45.7% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 17.8% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 100% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 99.3% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 88% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 4.8 2011
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 32.2 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 16.6 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 55.8 2025
- Natural hazards
- droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 23.5 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 4 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 5.9 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 38.7% 2024
- Protected areas
- 13.4% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 3,130 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 23% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 90.9% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 161 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 14.9 2024
- Internet domain
- .th .ไทย
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 3,080 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 19% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 19.9% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 82.5% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 51,920,692 2023
- Airports
- 105 2025
- Railways, km
- 4,127 2017
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.9% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 1,592 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 16,656 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 930 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 28.3% 2024